Note 24 — FIENDS, GHOSTS, AND SPRITES.

Bonomi. Op. cit., p. 159. "The root, or the original word from which teraphim is derived, signifies, to relax with fear, to strike with terror, or 'Repheh,' an appaller, one who makes others faint or fail; a signification that singularly accords with the terrifying images found by Botta." The possible connection between these images and the images (teraphim) which Rachel had stolen from her father Laban, is of great interest.